
Article 1 
Member States are hereby authorised to ratify or accede to, as appropriate, the Protocol of 2010 in the interest of the Union with regard to the aspects related to judicial cooperation in civil matters for which the Union has exclusive competence, subject to the conditions laid down in this Decision.
Article 2 

1. Member States shall endeavour to take the necessary steps to deposit the instruments of ratification of, or accession to, the Protocol of 2010 within a reasonable time and, if possible, by 6 May 2021.
2. Member States shall inform each other and the Council and the Commission in an appropriate manner when the system for the reporting of HNS contributing cargo becomes operational.
3. Member States shall seek to exchange best practices, in particular on the system for the reporting of HNS contributing cargo under the Protocol of 2010.
Article 3 
When ratifying or acceding to the Protocol of 2010, Member States shall also deposit the Declaration set out in the Annex to this Decision.
Article 4 
This Decision shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Article 5 
This Decision is addressed to the Member States in accordance with the Treaties.
Done at Luxembourg, 25 April 2017.
For the Council
The President
I. BORG
ANNEX

Declaration to be deposited by Member States when ratifying or acceding to the Protocol of 2010, in accordance with Article 3:
'Judgments on matters covered by the Convention as amended by the Protocol of 2010, when given by a court of …, shall be recognised and enforced in … in accordance with the relevant European Union rules on the subject.Judgments on matters covered by the Convention as amended by the Protocol of 2010, when given by a court of the Kingdom of Denmark, shall be recognised and enforced in … in accordance with the 2005 Agreement between the European Community and the Kingdom of Denmark on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters.Judgments on matters covered by the Convention as amended by the Protocol of 2010, when given by a court of a third State bound by the Lugano Convention on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters of 30 October 2007, shall be recognised and enforced in … in accordance with that Convention.'.
